Dutch schooner brig ship Benin bound for Padang according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 15 October 1859

An announcement reported that the Dutch schooner brig ship Benin captain L.E. Grafthuis was lying at Rotterdam destined towards Padang. For more details could be asked at shipbrokers Hudig&Blokhuijzen and Kuyper van Dam&Smeer and owner H. van Rijckevorsel.(1) Closing dated 22 October.

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1. Huibert van Rijckevorsel (23 October 1813 Rotterdam-19 January 1866 Préfargier) merchant-ship owner, major financer of the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant of which he was president-commissioner Married on 23 October to Elise Susanne Marie Schmidt (1821-1893). Consul for Venezuela in Rotterdam since 1851 and consul general for Costa Rica in the Netherlands since 1854.